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Chinese zoo under fire for disguising hairy dog as lion

Agence France-Presse
Thursday, August 15th, 2013

BEIJING — A Chinese zoo’s supposed “African lion” was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.

The zoo in the People’s Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made — but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled “African lion” was barking.

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The chief of the park’s animal department, Liu Suya, told the paper that while it does have a lion, it had been taken to a breeding facility and the dog — which belonged to an employee — had been temporarily housed in the zoo over safety concerns.

Users of China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo service mocked the zoo.

“This is not funny at all. It’s sad for both the zoo and the animals,” said one.

“They should at least use a husky to pretend to be a wolf,” said another.

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the tibetan mastiff has a gentler face.

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if it barks, it must only be a dog.  or a wife.

if it whimpers, it must only be a husband who did not come home the night before.

no need for a zoo for both.

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duh, why not?


husky


wolf

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